30 constellation cards; 30 country cards., Bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman in volume. From the Julia Parker Wightman Card Collection., Hand-coloured engraved playing cards are enclosed in a brown cardboard slipcase with an engraved paper label on the front and a blind-stamped decoration on the back., and Title from engraved paper label on slipcase.
Publisher:
Published by C. Hodges, 27, Portman Street, Portman Square,
Subject (Name):
Wightman, Julia P.--(Julia Parker),--1909-1994--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Constellations, Playing cards, and Playing cards--Specimens
"A large sheet ... on one side of which are printed 40 wood-engraved portraits of the characters from The Pickwick papers. At the foot of each picture are four lines of humorous verse. Buyers of this one-penny sheet obviously were able to cut it apart and assemble a deck of 40 prints of playing-card size"--Podeschi.